Advent Calendar Re-Make

A couple of days before Thanks Giving, I a got a phone call from a lady, asking me if I could recreate an Advent Calendar from her childhood. Actually, she wanted me to make 4 of them... before December 1. I told her I would do the best I could.

She sent me this picture (which is a full sized photo copy of the one she wanted me to copy):
It is plain, but cute. It is just a felt Christmas Tree glued on to burlap, with four rows of pockets below the tree. She told me that she wanted me to JAZZ it up a bit. So here is what we decided to do:

1. Instead of burlap, I put it on a quilted Red fabric. The reverse side of the red was a darling Plaid, which we used for the pockets.

2. I trimmed it with a Golden Bias.

3. The gal I did this for had an idea of adding a dangling star trim to the bottom. I think it turned out really well.

4. In addition to using an iron adhesive, I blanket stitched the felt tree on to the background.I think that it turned out really cute. Here is a look at picture of the entire Calendar.*I know that there are no Numbers on the Pockets. She wanted to add those herself.

**She ended up only needed 2 Calendars before the 1st. So that is all I made... so far.

Little Black Dress

Here is a cute story: Once upon a time, a cute young lady went on a date with a handsome young man. On this date, she wore a cute little black dress, with a scoped neck line. The young man thought the dress was "Super Hot" on this girl. Fast forward 27 years, and the two are happily married.

It is the young man's birthday in a couple of weeks, so his cute bride asked me to recreate the dress, as a surprise for him. It turned out pretty well.

What a cute, romantic story! I love it.**I don't have a dress form. Hanging from the hanger does NOT do this dress justice, but it is the only picture I have of it, so it will have to do.

Pencil Skirt

I made this pencil skirt for a wedding I was in earlier this year. I think it turned out pretty cute. I think my favoirite thing about this skirt is that instead of a slit in the back, it has an adorable ruffle, which gives it a bit more personality than a traditional pencil skirt.

Front:

Side:
Back:

Ruffle:

Front:

USU Tee Shirt Quilt

My husband and I are HUGE Aggie fans. While we were engaged, we had way too many USU Tee Shirts, so we decided to make a Tee Shirt Quilt out of some of them. It is a great way to keep sentimental tee shirts, while keeping your dresser less full. And it is a great FootBall quilt!

Child's Armchair Seat Cover

Someone gave me a Foam form of an armchair that was kid sized. I thought it was super cute, but I had visions of my little boy spilling his juice all over it. I had to make a cover before I let him get his dirty little hands all over it. Here is what I come up with.

Whinney the Pooh Blanket

This was one of my favorite projects. My baby's room theme is Classic Whinney the Pooh. Try as I might, I could not find a Classic Whinney the Pooh quilt that I liked, so I made one instead. I think it turned out pretty good.

One of my favoite things on this quilt is that all the characters names are quilted into the blanket( I gotta give credit to my mom, that was her idea). If you look close you can see "Pooh" in the plaid block beneath Pooh Bear.

Blessing/Christening Romper

I made this romper for my baby's blessing.


Here are some snaps of my little guy wearing it.

Court Jester Costume for 1 1/5 year old.

For Halloween last year, I was Very Very Pregnant. My Husband had the idea of me dressing up as Humpty Dumpty, and he being the King. We decided to make our 20 month old the Court Jester. Here's how it turned out:


And here is a shot of Humpty Dumpty with the Court Jester (yes, I made my costume too, but there was not much sewing envolved, so I don't think I can give it it's own post):